10 interesting facts about Christmas

10 interesting facts about Christmas:

Hey, can you smell those cookies? They’re there, with a glass of milk, sitting together near the fireplace,

shshsh can you hear that? Wrapping papers are being torn and kids are laughing so hard…

Well, you know what that means, right? Christmas is here, one of the most exciting days in the US calendar.

Now let’s take a look at 10 interesting facts about Christmas in the US that you probably didn’t know:

1. As you know, everyone considers Christmas as Jesus’ birthday while December 25 is not the actual birthday, in fact, no one knows for sure when he was born but it is believed that he was born someday in Spring.

2. The sweet and lovely Santa hasn’t been always like this. Before 1931, Santa used to be like a spooky elf with a Green and White suit, but in 1931 Coca Cola changed him to the Santa we now know for its advertising purposes.

3. Do you know the story behind the Stockings we hang on the fireplace? Once St. Nick heard there was a poor man in his city who couldn’t afford to live well, therefore he decided to throw a pocket of gold down his chimney; the next day the poor man’s daughter found the gold in the stockings which the hung on the fireplace the day before to be dried.

4. Black Friday is not the busiest day for shopaholics, in fact, the Friday and the Saturday before Christmas are busier.

5. Jingle Bells was never meant for Christmas; it was a thanksgiving song at first.

6. From 1659 to 1681 celebrating Christmas was illegal in the US.

7. Each year approximately 15000 Americans get hurt while decorating their house for Christmas and they go to the hospital, weird right?

      8. Christmas shopping is one-sixth of the whole annual sales in the US; each American spend at least $1000 at this time of year one of the most famous gifts              is Lego, and nearly 28 Legos are being sold each second around Christmas.

9. Approximately 3 billion Christmas cards are sold each year.

10. Each year 35 million Christmas trees are being sold in the US and more than 45 million are being planted. You must know each tree takes 15 years to grow to a medium size Christmas tree.

It has been our pleasure to have you by our side for another Christmas,

Merry Christmas everyone and have a happy new year!